Has an AFL game ever ended 98-57?
Yes. AFL has seen a final score of 98-57 5 times. It first happened on July 30, 1927, when Sydney beat St Kilda, and most recently on July 2, 2021, when Geelong beat Essendon.
That makes 98-57 the 589th most common final score out of 6,607 that have ever occurred in AFL. One point away, 99-57 has happened 4 times and 98-58 has happened 2 times. At one point the score disappeared for 84 years, between 1935 and 2019.